Reposted by IainGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Congratulations, President Trump!!! 1091393233
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 26/08/2025“This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector" Plato 522862
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Now in 1814 the British landed in Maryland & headed to Washington to unleash chaos Today they can manage that just fine without us. 1244570
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Today in 1792 Alexander Hamilton described what has happened in the last decade. 15636228
Reposted by IainAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/08/2025Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire" 12473719810068
Reposted by IainDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 10/08/2025"The collapse of American democracy is like the pandemic: Whatever you say at the beginning will sound alarmist – but likely prove inadequate by the end." Stuart Stevens 7950831479
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Today in 1184 Henry VI of Germany was having a strategy meeting when the wooden second storey floor collapsed. Most of the courtiers fell through into the latrine cesspit below the ground floor, where more than 50 drowned in liquid excrement. 4443454
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Today in 1403 men 'fell like leaves in autumn' on this field of battle just outside Shrewsbury. Harry Hotspur was killed & Harry Wales scarred for life 21789
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 28/06/2025111 years ago Franz Ferdinand was shot in Sarajevo and we are still dealing with the fallout. Here’s how it almost didn’t happen: 825540
Reposted by IainProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 28/06/2025PERSON OF THE DAY. 28 June 1838. Queen Victoria (aged 19) was crowned Queen at Westminster Abbey in London. She was monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 7 months was longer than any of her predecessors. 1226
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Today in 1940 Churchill gave an electrifying speech. It is one of the English language's greatest expressions of defiance and determination. 720923
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Wild week in naval history -the English torched a French invasion fleet at Damme, 1213 -the British battered a French fleet off Ushant, 1794 -the British & Germans mauled each other at Jutland, 1916 -the British sank Bismarck, 1941 -the Americans devastated the Japanese navy at Midway, 1942 1015216
Reposted by IainPolitico @politico.com · 13/05/2025Pete Buttigieg suggested he would “assess” a 2028 presidential run. While visiting Iowa, he said in a live interview that he'd consider “what I bring to the table.”politico.comButtigieg suggests he’d 'assess' a presidential run as he visits IowaHe vaulted onto the national stage in 2020 out of South Bend, Indiana. This time, his calculus looks different. 800135171879
Reposted by IainProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 03/05/2025PERSON OF THE DAY. 3 May 1979. The General election resulted in victory for the Conservative Party led by Margaret Thatcher who became Britain’s 1st woman Prime Minister with a majority of 43 seats over Labour’s PM James Callaghan. She went on to win 2 further elections in 1983 and 1987. 2133
Reposted by IainTracy Borman OBE @tracyborman.bsky.social · 23/04/2025#henryviii was proclaimed king on #stgeorgesday 1509…but his father had died two days earlier. Find out how they kept the secret, and how the Tudors celebrated St George’s Day in style, in my new blog for Historic Royal Palaces: www.hrp.org.uk/blog/st-geor... 0144
Reposted by IainProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 09/04/2025FACT OF THE DAY. 9 April 2005. Charles, then Prince of Wales, married Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor’s Guildhall, more than 30 years after their romance first began. About 20,000 people cheered as they arrived for their small private civil wedding. 0133
Reposted by IainGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/03/2025“Unusual.” I mean, come on. It is hardly unusual for Trump to ramble on about “personal grievances” and to “attack his political enemies.” It’s his essence. Sure, he’s never done it before in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice, but that venue means nothing to him. 2303611550
Reposted by IainProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 01/03/2025PHOTO OF THE DAY. Thought to be the last photo of the RMS Titanic while afloat, near Queenstown, Ireland (1912). 📷 google images 25011
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Why do we fight? I talked to Richard Overy about war. Why do we engage in violence. Have we always done it? Is it an inevitable part of our future? Please listen here: 🎧: podfollow.com/dan-snows-hi...podfollow.comDan Snow's History Hit<p>Historian Dan Snow investigates the 'how' and 'why' of history's defining moments.</p><br><p>From the Colosseum of Ancient Rome and the battlefields of Waterloo to the tomb ... 3898
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Today in 1906 HMS Dreadnought was launched. The fastest, most well protected, heavily armed battleship the world had ever seen. Every other battleship in the world became obsolete. Instantly. 1221313
Iain @iainmcc.bsky.social · 06/02/2025The only bad thing about this analogy, is James II was succeeded by two of his children 010
Reposted by IainLucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Tidy desk = empty mind. Discuss. 4232915
Reposted by IainProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 28/01/2025PERSON OF THE DAY. 28 January 1547. Henry VIII died (aged 55). During his reign, he broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and created his own Church of England. Perhaps the most well known part of Henry’s life was his relationship with and treatment of his 6 wives. 6588
Reposted by IainProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 25/01/2025PERSON OF THE DAY. 25 January 1759. Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Ayrshire. He’s regarded as the National Poet of Scotland. His poem (and song) Auld Lang Syne is often sung to welcome in the New Year. His birthday is also celebrated as “Burns Night” 3389
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Like a pathetic exiled kinglet, turfed off his throne and lingering at the fringes of a foreign warlord’s court to provide a fig leaf for his aggression in return for victuals, wine and a warm cloak. 1591326211
Reposted by IainProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 06/01/2025FACT OF THE DAY. 6 January 2021. Supporters of the US President Donald Trump attacked the United States Capitol to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in 5 deaths, and the occupation and evacuation of the US Congress. 12110
Reposted by IainLucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Look at Bertie crossing his ankles, LIKE THE INFLUENCER HE IS 123546
Reposted by IainGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/12/2024So looking forward someday to visiting the Disney-sponsored He Used His Hand and Not His Dick Pavilion of the future Donald J. Trump Presidential Library and Museum. 450104271520
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024One of Churchill's first comments to Roosevelt tonight in 1941 after news of Pearl Harbor was "This certainly simplifies things." He later wrote that when he heard the news he was "saturated & satiated with emotion & sensation, I... slept the sleep of the saved and thankful. 1633
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024So fascinating that if Japan had waited two weeks they would have seen Soviet advances at Moscow (and British success in N africa) and thought better of joining the war. 2603
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Right now in 1941 Japanese aircraft began their assault on Pearl Harbor, one of the most shocking & influential events of the 20th century. Today's naval base still bears the scars. 1125830
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024This week in 1915 the first tank in history was tested in Lincolnshire. The name of this mighty steel beast was.... Little Willie 1433224
Reposted by IainGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Hey if you guys are really, really, really good—like if you don’t rape anyone, steal classified documents, obstruct the FBI, or attempt a coup—maybe Santa will bring you one of these for Christmas 1476518925915
Reposted by IainNeil Smith @realneilsmith.bsky.social · 22/11/2024If Newcastle wins on Monday, whoever reposts this pic will get a very warm thank you in your DM’s. 😏 (I’m a man of my word) 03714
Reposted by IainDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Petra: a tour. On the YouTube now: youtu.be/aSAN2_oUrus?... 322415
Iain @iainmcc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024throwback to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Circular Quay, Sydney , September 2010 040
Iain @iainmcc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Nice view of the Brisbane CBD from Victoria Park a couple of weeks ago 050
